To:G. Y. ZINOVIEV[1]

Written:Written on May 3, 1921Published:First published in 1932 inLenin Miscellany XX.

      Sent to Petrograd.

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      Moscow,Volume 45,

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ComradeZinoviev:

Thisshows that Trotsky is in a highly scrappy mood.
Shatunovsky’s pamphlet is pure twaddle. Return this to
me with a note about yourdecisionsand plans on this
matter.[2]

[1]Writtenon L. D. Trotsky’s letter, in which, replying to Lenin’s
letter of April 30, 1921 (see this volume, Document 146), he tried
to stand up for Shatunovsky’s pamphlet,White Coal and
Revolutionary Petrograd. Lenin made a number of remarks on Trotsky’s
letter (seeLenin Miscellany XX, pp. 208–09).

[2]Inreply to Lenin’s inquiry, G. Y. Zinoviev informed him on
May 5 about the decision to suspend construction on the Svir,
concentrating all the efforts on completing the operations on the
Utkina Zavod sector in 1921, and not stopping construction on
the Volkhov under any circumstances.